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US8293109B2
US8293109B2 US12/728,290 US72829010A US8293109B2 US 8293109 B2 US8293109 B2 US 8293109B2 US 72829010 A US72829010 A US 72829010A US 8293109 B2 US8293109 B2 US 8293109B2
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  • the presently disclosed subject matter relates to a wastewater treatment method, and particularly relates to a method for treating wastewater containing ammonium nitrogen and a treatment apparatus therefor.
  • anaerobic ammonium oxidation method a method including denitrification treatment with the use of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anaerobic ammonium oxidation method) has drawn attention as a method for treating wastewater containing ammonium nitrogen.
  • the method includes nitriting the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater into nitrite with nitrifying bacteria in a nitrification tank, and then simultaneously denitrifying the nitrite and the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater in a denitrification tank with the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria.
  • the method does not need the supply of an extraneous organic substance at the time of a denitrification reaction, and accordingly can efficiently perform wastewater treatment.
  • a simultaneous denitrification reaction in an anaerobic ammonium oxidation method proceeds according to a following reaction formula (1). Accordingly, in order to reliably decompose and remove the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater, it is necessary to control the ratio of the ammonium nitrogen to the nitrite nitrogen in the denitrification tank based on the stoichiometric ratio in the following reaction formula (1). For this reason, the nitrification rate in the nitrification tank has been needed to be strictly controlled. 1.00NH 4 +1.32NO 2 +0.066HCO 3 +0.13H + ⁇ 1.02N 2 +0.26NO 3 +0.066CH 2 O 0.5 N 0.15 +2.03H 2 O (1)
  • CANON method a method which allows both of the nitrification reaction and the denitrification reaction to proceed in the treatment tank in which the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria coexist, under an aerobic condition
  • CANON system completely autotrophic nitrogen-removal over nitrite under ammonium limitation: interaction and competition between three groups of bacteria,” Syst. Appl. Microbial. 24(4), 2001, pp. 588-596, for instance).
  • This method can reliably decompose and remove the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater even without strictly controlling the nitrification rate because the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria which coexist in the same treatment tank tend to keep balance with each other.
  • the CANON method needs to make the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria coexist in the same treatment tank. For this reason, a method is proposed which makes both of the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria coexist in the same biofilm, and treats the wastewater with the biofilm.
  • Japanese National Publication of International Patent Application No. 2001-506535 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-230225 describe a method of preparing a carrier (double-structure carrier) including a biofilm with a double structure which has the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria entrapped and immobilized therein, and has the nitrifying bacteria attached on a surface of the biofilm, and treating wastewater with the use of the carrier.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-293494 describes a method of treating wastewater with the use of a carrier (sponge) in which both of the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria have been immobilized.
  • the above described method can easily control the ratio of bacterial loads of the nitrifying bacteria to the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria by adjusting a volume ratio of the nitrification carrier to the denitrification carrier. Accordingly, the method prevents any one of the nitrification reaction and the denitrification reaction from becoming a rate-limiting factor, and can rapidly perform the wastewater treatment.
  • the nitrifying bacteria are aerobic bacteria which need dissolved oxygen for proliferation
  • the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are anaerobic bacteria of which the proliferation is limited by the presence of a certain amount or more of dissolved oxygen. Therefore, it is a challenge how to acclimate both of the bacteria.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-293494 describes a method of accumulating the nitrifying bacteria in a sponge, and adding the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria which have been acclimated in another tank, to the sponge.
  • this method not only takes a time in adding the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria which have been acclimated in another tank, to the sponge, but also needs a cost for providing the tank for acclimating the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria.
  • the presently disclosed subject matter has been made in view of the above described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a wastewater treatment method which can easily acclimate nitrifying bacteria and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria at a low cost, and can easily control the ratio of bacterial loads of both bacteria.
  • a wastewater treatment method is a wastewater treatment method for treating wastewater containing ammonium nitrogen, including the steps of: charging (feeding) an unacclimated denitrification carrier containing anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria into a treatment tank; charging (feeding) an unacclimated nitrification carrier containing nitrifying bacteria into the treatment tank; acclimating the unacclimated denitrification carrier in the treatment tank under an anaerobic condition; acclimating the unacclimated nitrification carrier in the treatment tank under an aerobic condition, after having acclimated the denitrification carrier; nitriting the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater to generate nitrite with the acclimated nitrification carrier; and denitrifying the nitrite generated by nitriting the ammonium nitrogen with the acclimated denitrification carrier, while using the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater as a hydrogen donor.
  • the above described wastewater treatment method is based on the above described knowledge, and the ratio of bacterial loads of the nitrifying bacteria to the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria can be easily controlled, by immobilizing the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in each different carrier from the other and by adjusting the volume ratio of the nitrification carrier to the denitrification carrier. Accordingly, the method prevents any one of the nitrification reaction and the denitrification reaction from becoming a rate-limiting factor, and can rapidly perform the wastewater treatment.
  • the method according to the presently disclosed subject matter also can acclimate the nitrification carrier without deactivating the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the denitrification carrier, by acclimating the nitrification carrier under an aerobic condition after having acclimated the denitrification carrier under an anaerobic condition.
  • the acclimated anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria form a local anaerobic field in their surroundings by generating a large quantity of nitrogen gas through the denitrification reaction, and can maintain their activity even if the condition in the treatment tank is aerobic as a whole.
  • the method can simplify the acclimation step and reduce its cost, because of acclimating the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the identical tank (treatment tank).
  • the denitrification carrier it is preferable to acclimate the denitrification carrier so that the number of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria is 1.5 ⁇ 10 7 cells/mL or more, and then to acclimate the nitrification carrier.
  • the method can more reliably prevent anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in a denitrification carrier from being deactivated when the nitrification carrier is acclimated.
  • the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the treatment tank at less than 1 mg/L in the step of acclimating the denitrification carrier.
  • the denitrification carrier anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria
  • the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the treatment tank at 1 mg/L or more and 8 mg/L or less, in the step of acclimating the nitrification carrier.
  • the nitrification carrier nitrifying bacteria
  • the nitrification carrier can be efficiently acclimated without deactivating anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the denitrification carrier.
  • the denitrification carrier anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria
  • the wastewater in the treatment tank is aerated and stirred intermittently with the use of an air diffuser, in the step of acclimating the denitrification carrier
  • the method makes the denitrification carrier in the treatment tank flow, prevents a liquid around the denitrification carrier (wastewater) from stagnating, and can efficiently acclimate the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria.
  • the denitrification carrier and the nitrification carrier are preferably entrapment immobilization pellets.
  • the entrapment immobilization pellets When the entrapment immobilization pellets are used as carriers, the exfoliation of a biofilm does not occur, which can occur in attachment immobilization pellets. Accordingly, the amount of bacteria in the entrapment immobilization pellets is reliably controlled. In addition, when the entrapment immobilization pellets are used, the return of sludge is unnecessary in the acclimation step, so the bacteria can be comparatively easily acclimated.
  • a wastewater treatment method can rapidly perform wastewater treatment by immobilizing nitrifying bacteria and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in each different carrier (a nitrification carrier and a denitrification carrier, respectively) from the other, and by adjusting a volume ratio of the nitrification carrier to the denitrification carrier to prevent any one of the nitrification reaction and the denitrification reaction from becoming a rate-limiting factor.
  • a nitrification carrier and a denitrification carrier respectively
  • the method also can acclimate the nitrification carrier without deactivating the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the denitrification carrier, by acclimating the nitrification carrier after having acclimated the denitrification carrier under an anaerobic condition.
  • the method can simplify the acclimation step and reduce its cost, because of acclimating the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in an identical tank (treatment tank).
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating one example of a wastewater treatment apparatus
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating one example of the wastewater treatment apparatus which stirs wastewater in a treatment tank by using a swirling flow
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a modified example of the treatment tank in the wastewater treatment apparatus illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating one example of a wastewater treatment apparatus for conducting a wastewater treatment method according to the present embodiment.
  • a wastewater treatment apparatus 10 includes: a source water tank 12 in which wastewater to be treated (source wastewater) is stored; a treatment tank 20 in which the wastewater brought from the source water tank 12 is treated; a nitrification carrier supply section 41 which supplies an unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 to the treatment tank 20 ; a denitrification carrier supply section 42 which supplies an unacclimated denitrification carrier 24 to the treatment tank 20 ; a tank 44 in which a nitrite solution is stored; a pump 46 which supplies the nitrite solution to the treatment tank 20 from the tank 44 ; and a control device 40 which controls each section in the wastewater treatment apparatus 10 .
  • the wastewater which is stored in the source water tank 12 is wastewater containing at least ammonium nitrogen, and may contain nutrient salts of nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon and the like, in addition to the ammonium nitrogen.
  • the source water tank 12 is connected to the treatment tank 20 .
  • the wastewater can be supplied to the treatment tank 20 from the source water tank 12 by the pump 14 .
  • the nitrification carrier supply section 41 and the denitrification carrier supply section 42 are capable of storing an unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 and an unacclimated denitrification carrier 24 respectively, and charging the unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 and the unacclimated denitrification carrier 24 into the treatment tank 20 , respectively.
  • a hopper can be employed as the nitrification carrier supply section 41 and the denitrification carrier supply section 42 , for instance.
  • the unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 and the unacclimated denitrification carrier 24 which have been charged into the treatment tank 20 from the nitrification carrier supply section 41 and the denitrification carrier supply section 42 respectively are acclimated in the treatment tank 20 .
  • the nitrifying bacteria are accumulated in the nitrification carrier 22 dominantly
  • the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are accumulated in the denitrification carrier 24 dominantly.
  • the acclimation of the nitrification carrier 22 and the denitrification carrier 24 will be described later in detail.
  • the wastewater treatment apparatus 10 is based on the above described knowledge, and the nitrification carrier 22 having the nitrifying bacteria (ammonium oxidation bacterium) accumulated therein dominantly and the denitrification carrier 24 having the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria accumulated therein dominantly are mixed in the treatment tank 20 .
  • the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are immobilized in each different carrier from the other (nitrification carrier 22 and denitrification carrier 24 ).
  • the ratio of bacterial loads of the nitrifying bacteria to the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria can be easily controlled by adjusting the volume ratio (ratio of the charging amounts) of the nitrification carrier 22 to the denitrification carrier 24 . Accordingly, the method prevents any one of the nitrification reaction and the denitrification reaction from becoming a rate-limiting factor, and can rapidly perform the wastewater treatment.
  • a double-structure carrier carrier described in Japanese National Publication of International Patent Application No. 2001-506535 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-230225, for instance
  • carrier described in Japanese National Publication of International Patent Application No. 2001-506535 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-230225, for instance
  • a diffusion of a raw material into the inner layer of the carrier becomes a rate-limiting factor and a sufficient rate of wastewater treatment is not occasionally obtained.
  • the double-structure carrier has a thick outer layer
  • the raw material for the reaction cannot rapidly diffuse into the inner layer, so the supply (diffusion) of the raw material for the reaction to the bacteria which inhabit in the inner layer limits the rate.
  • the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are immobilized in each separate carrier (nitrification carrier 22 and denitrification carrier 24 ) as in the present embodiment, the decrease of the rate of the wastewater treatment caused by the diffusion limitation of the raw material for the reaction does not occur.
  • the outer layer of the carrier may exfoliate, and the bacteria which inhabit in the outer layer may flow out from the treatment tank. Then, the balance between bacterial loads of the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria may be lost, which occasionally results in causing unstable wastewater treatment.
  • the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are immobilized in each separate carrier (nitrification carrier 22 and denitrification carrier 24 ) as in the present embodiment, the balance between the bacterial loads of the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria can be stably maintained.
  • the nitrifying bacteria accumulated in the nitrification carrier 22 and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria accumulated in the denitrification carrier 24 coexist in the treatment tank 20 .
  • both of the nitrification reaction with use of the nitrification carrier 22 and the denitrification reaction with use of the denitrification carrier 24 are allowed to proceed in the treatment tank 20 , and can decompose ammonium nitrogen in wastewater to nitrogen gas.
  • the nitrification reaction means a reaction which nitrites the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater into nitrite with the use of the nitrifying bacteria.
  • the denitrification reaction means a reaction which denitrifies the nitrite formed through the nitrification reaction with the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria, while using the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater as a hydrogen donor.
  • the nitrification carrier 22 is not limited in particular as long as the nitrifying bacteria are immobilized in the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • the nitrification carrier 22 may be an immobilization pellet or a contact filter medium.
  • An entrapping immobilization pellet which has the nitrifying bacteria entrapped and immobilized in its inner part is preferably used as the immobilization pellet type of the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • the entrapping immobilization pellet can reliably control the bacterial load, because an exfoliation of the biofilm does not occur, which can occur in the case of the attachment immobilization pellet.
  • the return of sludge is unnecessary in the acclimation step, so the nitrifying bacteria can be comparatively easily acclimated.
  • the immobilizing material of the nitrification carrier 22 is not limited in particular.
  • gels of polyvinyl alcohol, alginic acid, polyethylene glycol and the like, and plastics such as cellulosic plastic, polyester, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride may be employed, for instance.
  • the shape of the nitrification carrier 22 may be, for instance, a spherical shape, a cylindrical shape, a cubic shape or a rectangular shape.
  • the structure of the nitrification carrier 22 may be a porous structure, a honeycomb structure, a sponge-like structure, a fibrous structure or a chrysanthemum-like structure.
  • a granule carrier with the use of the self-granulation of a microorganism may be used as the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • Contact filter media which can be used for the nitrification carrier 22 can include those made from polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene.
  • the diameter (width) of the nitrification carrier 22 is preferably 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less from the viewpoint of preventing the blockade in the wastewater treatment apparatus.
  • the filling factor of the nitrification carrier 22 is preferably 5 vol % or more and 50 vol % or less.
  • the denitrification carrier 24 is not limited in particular as long as the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are immobilized in the denitrification carrier 24 , and may be an immobilization pellet or a contact filter medium.
  • the immobilization pellet to be used for the denitrification carrier 24 may be an entrapping immobilization pellet which has the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria entrapped and immobilized in its inner part, or an attachment depositing immobilization pellet which has the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria attached and immobilized on its surface.
  • the entrapment immobilization pellet is preferably used as the denitrification carrier 24 .
  • the entrapment immobilization pellet can reliably control the bacterial load because an exfoliation of the biofilm does not occur, which can occur in the case of the attachment immobilization pellet.
  • the entrapping immobilization pellet can reliably hold bacteria in the treatment tank, and accordingly is suitable for a carrier for immobilizing anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria therein which are precious since the bacteria are obtained by incubation. Furthermore, when the entrapping immobilization pellet is used, the return of sludge is unnecessary in the acclimation step, so the bacteria can be comparatively easily acclimated.
  • the immobilizing material of the denitrification carrier 24 is not limited in particular.
  • gels of polyvinyl alcohol, alginic acid, polyethylene glycol and the like, and plastics such as cellulosic plastic, polyester, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride may be employed, for instance.
  • the shape of the denitrification carrier 24 may be, for instance, a spherical shape, a cylindrical shape, a cubic shape or a rectangular shape.
  • the structure of the nitrification carrier 22 may be a porous structure, a honeycomb structure, a sponge-like structure, a fibrous structure or a chrysanthemum-like structure.
  • a granule carrier with the use of the self-granulation of a microorganism may be used as the denitrification carrier 24 .
  • Contacting filter media which can be used for the denitrification carrier 24 can include those made from polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene.
  • the diameter (width) of the denitrification carrier 24 is preferably 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less from the viewpoint of preventing the blockade in the wastewater treatment apparatus.
  • the filling factor of the denitrification carrier 24 (ratio of volume of the denitrification carrier 24 with respect to volume of wastewater in the treatment tank 20 ) is preferably 5 vol % or more and 50 vol % or less.
  • the source water tank 12 and the treatment tank 20 are each provided with a sensor 16 and a sensor 26 which measure the quality of the wastewater.
  • the sensor 16 and the sensor 26 are configured to be capable of measuring, for instance, the concentrations of ammonium, nitrite and nitrate, the quantity of dissolved oxygen, and pH (concentration of hydrogen ions).
  • the results measured by the sensor 16 and the sensor 26 are sent to the control device 40 , and the control device 40 controls each section in the wastewater treatment apparatus 10 on the basis of these measurement results.
  • the treatment tank 20 is provided with an air-diffusing device 28 , and is configured so that air is supplied from a blower 30 through the air-diffusing device 28 . Thereby, the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 is made to be exposed to air and is stirred, and simultaneously dissolved oxygen is supplied into the wastewater.
  • the control device 40 may preferably control the blower 30 so that the amount of the dissolved oxygen in the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 is maintained in a prescribed range of 1.0 mg/L or more and 8.0 mg/L or less (more preferably 2.0 mg/L or more and 4.0 mg/L or less).
  • the amount of the dissolved oxygen is excessively high, the activity of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria decreases which are anaerobic bacteria.
  • the amount of the dissolved oxygen is excessively low, the activity of the nitrifying bacteria decreases which are aerobic bacteria.
  • the concentration of nitrite nitrogen in the treatment tank 20 is preferably maintained at 300 mgN/L or less in order to prevent the excessive amount of nitrite from giving influence to the nitrification reaction and the denitrification reaction.
  • the concentration of ammonium nitrogen in the treatment tank 20 is preferably maintained in the range of 1 to 300 mgN/L according to the concentration of the nitrite nitrogen.
  • the nitrite concentration and the ammonium concentration in the treatment tank 20 can be adjusted by allowing the control device 40 to control the pump 14 so as to change the retention time (hydrological retention time) of the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 .
  • the denitrification carrier supply section 42 charges unacclimated denitrification carriers 24 into the treatment tank 20 .
  • the unacclimated denitrification carrier 24 is a carrier containing anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria, and is a carrier in which the number of the contained anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria is 1.5 ⁇ 10 7 cells/mL or less when being measured by a direct counting operation in a FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) method (equivalent to 2.0 ⁇ 10 8 copies/g in the real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method).
  • FISH Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
  • the number of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria of “1.5 ⁇ 10 7 cells/mL” corresponds to approximately 2.5 kg-N/m 3 -carrier/day by a nitrogen-removing rate per unit volume of the denitrification carrier 24 .
  • the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria are acclimated in the unacclimated denitrification carrier 24 which has been charged into the treatment tank 20 under an anaerobic condition.
  • nitrite nitrite solution
  • DO dissolved oxygen
  • the ammonium contained in the source wastewater can be used for the acclimation.
  • the source wastewater containing 50 to 2,000 mgN/L (preferably 100 to 1,000 mgN/L) of ammonium nitrogen may be used for the acclimation as in the state.
  • the deficient ammonium can be also appropriately supplied to the treatment tank 20 .
  • a nitrite solution to be supplied to the treatment tank 20 is not limited in particular as long as the nitrite solution is a liquid containing a nitrite component, and may be an aqueous solution containing a nitrite salt or wastewater containing the nitrite, for instance.
  • the amount of the nitrite solution to be added to the treatment tank 20 is preferably determined according to a progressing state of the acclimation for the denitrification carrier 24 .
  • the amount of the nitrite solution to be added to the treatment tank 20 can be determined, for instance, on the basis of ammonium concentrations, nitrite concentrations and nitrate concentrations in the source water tank 12 and the treatment tank 20 , which are measured by the sensor 16 and the sensor 26 respectively.
  • the denitrification carrier 24 When acclimating the denitrification carrier 24 , it is preferable to intermittently aerate and stir the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 with the air-diffusing device 28 while operating the blower 30 . It is particularly preferable to aerate and stir the wastewater by setting a time period of operating aeration per one time at 1 to 30 minutes, and by operating the blower 30 once or more times a day. At this time, it is preferable to adjust the frequency of the aeration and stirring so that the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) in the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 is less than 1 mg/L (more preferably 0.2 mg/L or less).
  • DO dissolved oxygen
  • the treatment method makes the denitrification carrier in the treatment tank flow, prevents a liquid around the denitrification carrier (wastewater) from stagnating, and can efficiently acclimate the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria.
  • the denitrification carrier 24 it is preferable to acclimate the denitrification carrier 24 so that the number of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria is 1.5 ⁇ 10 7 cells/mL or more (more preferably 4.5 ⁇ 10 7 cells/mL or more) when the number is measured with a direct counting operation in the FISH method.
  • the method can more reliably prevent anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the denitrification carrier 24 from being deactivated when the nitrification carrier 22 is acclimated under an aerobic condition.
  • the number of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria of “4.5 ⁇ 10 7 cells/mL” corresponds to 4.5 ⁇ 10 8 copies/g by the real-time PCR method, and approximately 5 kg-N/m 3 -carrier/day by a nitrogen-removing rate per unit volume of the denitrification carrier 24 .
  • the progressing state of the acclimation of the denitrification carrier 24 (start up of denitrification reaction) can be confirmed from the decreasing tendency of the ammonium concentration and the nitrite concentration in the treatment tank 20 and the increasing tendency of the nitrate concentration in the treatment tank 20 .
  • the progressing state of the acclimation of the denitrification carrier 24 (start up of denitrification reaction) may be confirmed from the increasing tendency of pH in the treatment tank 20 based on the fact that approximately 0.13 mol of hydrogen ions are consumed with respect to 1 mol of ammonium in the reaction.
  • an unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 is charged into the treatment tank 20 from the nitrification carrier supply section 41 .
  • the unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 means a carrier which contains nitrifying bacteria (nitrite-type nitrifying bacteria) having a copy number of 6.0 ⁇ 10 7 copies/mL or less as measured by the real-time PCR method.
  • the copy number of the nitrifying bacteria of “6.0 ⁇ 10 7 copies/mL” corresponds to approximately 0.25 kg-N/m 3 -carrier/day by the rate of treating ammonium nitrogen per unit volume of the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • the unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 which has been charged into the treatment tank 20 is acclimated therein under an aerobic condition.
  • DO dissolved oxygen
  • the operation of stopping supplying the nitrite solution from the tank 44 can prevent the excessive amount of nitrite from existing in the treatment tank 20 , and the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria from being affected by the excessive amount of nitrite.
  • the acclimation operation for the denitrification carrier 24 may be gradually switched to the acclimation operation for the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • the amount of dissolved oxygen in the treatment tank 20 may be gradually raised from a slightly aerobic state of 1 mg/L, while the amount of the nitrite solution added from the tank 44 is gradually decreased.
  • the copy number of the nitrifying bacteria is 1.2 ⁇ 10 8 copies/mL or more (more preferably 6.0 ⁇ 10 8 copies/mL or more) in the real-time PCR method.
  • the copy number of the nitrifying bacteria of “1.2 ⁇ 10 8 copies/mL” corresponds to 0.5 kg-N/m 3 -carrier/day by the rate of treating ammonium nitrogen per unit volume of the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • the copy number of the nitrifying bacteria of “6.0 ⁇ 10 8 copies/mL” corresponds to 2.5 kg-N/m 3 -carrier/day by the rate of treating ammonium nitrogen per unit volume of the nitrification carrier 22 .
  • the progressing state of the acclimation of the nitrification carrier 22 (start up of nitrite-type nitrification reaction) can be confirmed from the decreasing tendency of the ammonium concentration in the treatment tank 20 and the increasing tendency of the nitrite concentration in the treatment tank 20 .
  • the progressing state of the acclimation of the nitrification carrier 22 (start up of nitrite-type nitrification reaction) may be confirmed from the decreasing tendency of pH in the treatment tank 20 based on the fact that hydrogen ions are formed in the nitrite-type nitrification reaction.
  • the acclimation method according to the presently disclosed subject matter can acclimate the nitrification carrier 22 without deactivating the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the denitrification carrier 24 , by acclimating the nitrification carrier 22 under an aerobic condition after having acclimated the denitrification carrier 24 under an anaerobic condition.
  • the acclimated anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria generates a local anaerobic field in their surroundings by generating a large quantity of nitrogen gas by the denitrification reaction, and the activity of the acclimated anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria can be maintained even if the condition in the treatment tank is aerobic as a whole.
  • the above described acclimation method can simplify the acclimation step and reduce its cost, because of acclimating the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the identical tank (treatment tank 20 ).
  • the above described embodiment includes the steps of acclimating the denitrification carrier 24 and then charging an unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 into the treatment tank 20 , but the unacclimated nitrification carrier 22 may be charged into the treatment tank 20 beforehand, for instance, in the step of acclimating the denitrification carrier 24 or before the step of acclimating the denitrification carrier 24 .
  • the above described embodiment includes a method of aerating and stirring the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 with the air-diffusing device 28 , but the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 may be stirred by forming and using a swirling flow in the treatment tank 20 .
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating one example of the wastewater treatment apparatus which stirs wastewater in a treatment tank 20 by using the swirling flow.
  • the same reference numerals will be put on common components to the wastewater treatment apparatus 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 , and the description will be omitted here.
  • the wastewater treatment apparatus 70 is different from the wastewater treatment apparatus 10 in a point that the wastewater treatment apparatus 70 includes a baffle plate 72 which divides the treatment tank 20 into a first treatment chamber 74 and a second treatment chamber 76 .
  • the baffle plate 72 is arranged so as to form communicating paths 78 which communicate the first treatment chamber 74 to the second treatment chamber 76 in the upper part and the bottom part of the treatment tank 20 .
  • the planar shape of the communicating path 78 may not be limited in particular, and may be a polygon such as a square and a rectangle, a circle or an ellipse.
  • the communicating paths 78 may be each provided on the upper part and the bottom part of the treatment tank 20 , or a plurality of communicating paths 78 may be provided on the upper part and the bottom part of the treatment tank 20 .
  • An air-diffusing device 28 is provided in any one of the first treatment chamber 74 and the second treatment chamber 76 , and the swirling flow (represented by arrows in FIG. 2 ) of the wastewater can be formed in the treatment tank 20 through the communicating path 78 by operating the air-diffusing device 28 .
  • the treatment apparatus 70 can supply dissolved oxygen into the wastewater of the treatment tank 20 while using a swirling flow of the wastewater formed in the treatment tank 20 , and make the carriers (nitrification carrier 22 and denitrification carrier 24 ) in the treatment tank 20 flow. Accordingly, energy necessary for the wastewater treatment operation can be reduced.
  • the wastewater treatment apparatus 70 having the above described structure can effectively make the denitrification carrier 24 flow by using a swirling flow of the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 , when intermittently conducting aeration and stirring in acclimating the denitrification carrier 24 , while inhibiting the increase of the amount of the dissolved oxygen (DO) in the treatment tank 20 .
  • DO dissolved oxygen
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example of forming the swirling flow of the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 with a flat baffle plate 72 , but the shape of the baffle plate 72 is not limited to the example, and may have various shapes.
  • a cylindrical baffle plate 72 may be arranged in the treatment tank 20 so as to form communicating paths 78 , and an air-diffusing device 28 may be provided in any one of the first treatment chamber 74 and the second treatment chamber 76 (in the example of FIG. 3 , first treatment chamber 74 ). Then, the swirling flow of the wastewater in the treatment tank 20 is formed by the air-diffusing device 28 through the communicating paths 78 .
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